<< Our Photo Pages >> Parys Mountain - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Wales in Anglesey
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Multi-periodSite Name: Parys Mountain Alternative Name: Mynydd ParysCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Amlwch
Map Ref: SH445905
Latitude: 53.388379N Longitude: 4.339696W
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| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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The copper from the mine at Parys Mountain dominated the world's markets during the 1780s, when the mine was allegededly the largest in the world. It was used to sheath the admiralty's wooden ships of war in order to prevent the growth of seaweed and barnacles and to prevent boring by worms. This increased the speed and manoeuvrability of the vessels, although it is said that Parys Mountain copper was also sold to the French for use by their fleet.
Excavations in 2002 enabled sub-surface debris to be dated to nearly four thousand years old, (the early Bronze Age), and access has also been regained to the sealed underground workings of the Parys mine revealing evidence for this ancient mining. Parys Mountain is thus an addition to the very few sites in Britain where there is evidence for the prehistoric beginnings of the British metal mining industry.
Note: Grant for Ancient Copper Mine, see comment
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